Wadicosa oncka (Lawrence, 1927) Lawrence, 1927

Torbjörn Kronestedt, 2015, Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): transfer of two species from Pardosa and description of three new species from Africa, European Journal of Taxonomy 132, pp. 1-19 : 14-15

Wadicosa oncka (Lawrence, 1927) comb. nov.

Pardosa oncka Lawrence, 1927: 51 , pl. 2, fig. 39 (♀). — Kronestedt 1987: 967, figs 1–6 (♂ ♀), with synonymies.

Material examined (from countries without previously published records) BURKINA FASO: Ouagadougou, 12°22’ N, 1°31’ W, pitfall in riverine forest, Apr.–May 1965, B. Roman, 2 ♀♀ ( MRAC 128081 ) .

GABON: Port Gentil, 0°43’ S, 8°46’ E, 12 Jul. 1957, E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech, 1 ♀ ( CAS-ENT 9046042 ) .

MALAWI: Northern Region, Nyika Plateau , 10°40’ S, 33°50’ E, Chowo-rocks , 2150 m, 6–18 Dec. 1981, R. Jocqué, 1 ♀ ( MRAC 170725 ) .

NIGER: Tillabéri, Malalé, 10 km E of Niamey, 13º27.1’ N, 2º10.4’ E, 4 Aug. 2005, M. Garba & W.J. Pulawski, 2 ♂♂ ( CAS-ENT 9046056 ) .

RWANDA: Gisenyi, 1°42’ S, 29°16’ E, shore of Lake Kivu , 11 Dec. 1985, Jocqué, Nsengimana & Michiels, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MRAC 172726 , 172727 ) .

SIERRA LEONE: Freetown, 8°30’ N, 13°15’ W, Botanical Garden , Apr.–May 1977, D. Olu-Pitt, 2 ♀♀ ( MRAC 159111 ) .

ZIMBABWE: Matabeleland North, Batika Gorge & Dibu Dibu River , 17º58’ S, 25º57’ E, 27–28 Oct. 1990, V.D. & B. Roth, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( CAS-ENT 9046045 , 9046051 ) .

Remarks

Pardosa oncka Lawrence, 1927 is here formally placed in Wadicosa . This species, with a wide distribution in Africa south of the Sahara, was redescribed in detail by Kronestedt (1987), who emphasized the presence of characters diagnostic for the genus Wadicosa . The combination Wadicosa oncka was used in Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué (1997) and subsequently, e.g., in Oyediran et al. (2000). This combination has not been formally accepted in the World Spider Catalog (2015).

Distribution

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia ( Kronestedt 1987), Sudan ( Siyam et al. 2015), Burkina Faso, Gabon, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe.